diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d515653a952..a756e376323 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega => github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest => github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec => github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc => github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc => github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec => github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux => github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go => github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce50b302caa..d161639cf2f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1 h1:JMemWkRwHx4Zj+fVxWoMCFm/8sYGGrUVojFA6h/TRcI=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1/go.mod h1:BtxoFyWECRxE4U/7sNtV5W15zMzWCbyJoFRP3s7yZA0=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1 h1:G18PGckGdAm3yVQRWDVQ1rLSLntiniKJ0cNRT2Tm5gs=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1/go.mod h1:aTaHFFwQXuA71CiyxOdFFIorAoemI04suvGRQFzWTD0=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2 h1:opHZMaswlyxz1OuGpBE53Dwe4/xF7EZTY0A2L/FpCOg=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2/go.mod h1:aTaHFFwQXuA71CiyxOdFFIorAoemI04suvGRQFzWTD0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417 h1:3snG66yBm59tKhhSPQrQ/0bCrv1LQbKt40LnUPiUxdc=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2 h1:c4ca10UMgRcvZ6h0K4HtS15UaVSBEaE+iln2LVpAuGc=
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
index 4936f4b166b..230173690d5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ func getSupportedUnifiedControllers() sets.String {
 
 func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) toResources(resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) *libcontainerconfigs.Resources {
 	resources := &libcontainerconfigs.Resources{
-		SkipDevices: true,
+		SkipDevices:     true,
+		SkipFreezeOnSet: true,
 	}
 	if resourceConfig == nil {
 		return resources
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
index 31c1c874ea0..7ca8b8a8d40 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package fs
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 type CpuGroup struct{}
@@ -71,15 +73,33 @@ func (s *CpuGroup) Set(path string, r *configs.Resources) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("the minimum allowed cpu-shares is %d", sharesRead)
 		}
 	}
+
+	var period string
 	if r.CpuPeriod != 0 {
-		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, "cpu.cfs_period_us", strconv.FormatUint(r.CpuPeriod, 10)); err != nil {
-			return err
+		period = strconv.FormatUint(r.CpuPeriod, 10)
+		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, "cpu.cfs_period_us", period); err != nil {
+			// Sometimes when the period to be set is smaller
+			// than the current one, it is rejected by the kernel
+			// (EINVAL) as old_quota/new_period exceeds the parent
+			// cgroup quota limit. If this happens and the quota is
+			// going to be set, ignore the error for now and retry
+			// after setting the quota.
+			if !errors.Is(err, unix.EINVAL) || r.CpuQuota == 0 {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			period = ""
 		}
 	}
 	if r.CpuQuota != 0 {
 		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, "cpu.cfs_quota_us", strconv.FormatInt(r.CpuQuota, 10)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if period != "" {
+			if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, "cpu.cfs_period_us", period); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return s.SetRtSched(path, r)
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/common.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/common.go
index 3506c82746d..06c6c2e95a6 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/common.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/common.go
@@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ func getUnitName(c *configs.Cgroup) string {
 	return c.Name
 }
 
+// This code should be in sync with getUnitName.
+func getUnitType(unitName string) string {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(unitName, ".slice") {
+		return "Slice"
+	}
+	return "Scope"
+}
+
 // isDbusError returns true if the error is a specific dbus error.
 func isDbusError(err error, name string) bool {
 	if err != nil {
@@ -388,10 +396,10 @@ func resetFailedUnit(cm *dbusConnManager, name string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func getUnitProperty(cm *dbusConnManager, unitName string, propertyName string) (*systemdDbus.Property, error) {
+func getUnitTypeProperty(cm *dbusConnManager, unitName string, unitType string, propertyName string) (*systemdDbus.Property, error) {
 	var prop *systemdDbus.Property
 	err := cm.retryOnDisconnect(func(c *systemdDbus.Conn) (Err error) {
-		prop, Err = c.GetUnitPropertyContext(context.TODO(), unitName, propertyName)
+		prop, Err = c.GetUnitTypePropertyContext(context.TODO(), unitName, unitType, propertyName)
 		return Err
 	})
 	return prop, err
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/v1.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/v1.go
index 1a8e1e3c6c1..cd4720c5d44 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/v1.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/v1.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -345,6 +346,11 @@ func (m *legacyManager) freezeBeforeSet(unitName string, r *configs.Resources) (
 	// Special case for SkipDevices, as used by Kubernetes to create pod
 	// cgroups with allow-all device policy).
 	if r.SkipDevices {
+		if r.SkipFreezeOnSet {
+			// Both needsFreeze and needsThaw are false.
+			return
+		}
+
 		// No need to freeze if SkipDevices is set, and either
 		// (1) systemd unit does not (yet) exist, or
 		// (2) it has DevicePolicy=auto and empty DeviceAllow list.
@@ -353,15 +359,20 @@ func (m *legacyManager) freezeBeforeSet(unitName string, r *configs.Resources) (
 		// a non-existent unit returns default properties,
 		// and settings in (2) are the defaults.
 		//
-		// Do not return errors from getUnitProperty, as they alone
+		// Do not return errors from getUnitTypeProperty, as they alone
 		// should not prevent Set from working.
-		devPolicy, e := getUnitProperty(m.dbus, unitName, "DevicePolicy")
+
+		unitType := getUnitType(unitName)
+
+		devPolicy, e := getUnitTypeProperty(m.dbus, unitName, unitType, "DevicePolicy")
 		if e == nil && devPolicy.Value == dbus.MakeVariant("auto") {
-			devAllow, e := getUnitProperty(m.dbus, unitName, "DeviceAllow")
-			if e == nil && devAllow.Value == dbus.MakeVariant([]deviceAllowEntry{}) {
-				needsFreeze = false
-				needsThaw = false
-				return
+			devAllow, e := getUnitTypeProperty(m.dbus, unitName, unitType, "DeviceAllow")
+			if e == nil {
+				if rv := reflect.ValueOf(devAllow.Value.Value()); rv.Kind() == reflect.Slice && rv.Len() == 0 {
+					needsFreeze = false
+					needsThaw = false
+					return
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go
index a1e7f0afd44..5ea9d940cef 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go
@@ -131,4 +131,16 @@ type Resources struct {
 	//
 	// NOTE it is impossible to start a container which has this flag set.
 	SkipDevices bool `json:"-"`
+
+	// SkipFreezeOnSet is a flag for cgroup manager to skip the cgroup
+	// freeze when setting resources. Only applicable to systemd legacy
+	// (i.e. cgroup v1) manager (which uses freeze by default to avoid
+	// spurious permission errors caused by systemd inability to update
+	// device rules in a non-disruptive manner).
+	//
+	// If not set, a few methods (such as looking into cgroup's
+	// devices.list and querying the systemd unit properties) are used
+	// during Set() to figure out whether the freeze is required. Those
+	// methods may be relatively slow, thus this flag.
+	SkipFreezeOnSet bool `json:"-"`
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
index b14d0ede3bb..f80118f2c9b 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func InitSeccomp(config *configs.Seccomp) error {
 		if call == nil {
 			return errors.New("encountered nil syscall while initializing Seccomp")
 		}
-		if err := matchCall(filter, call); err != nil {
+		if err := matchCall(filter, call, defaultAction); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func getCondition(arg *configs.Arg) (libseccomp.ScmpCondition, error) {
 }
 
 // Add a rule to match a single syscall
-func matchCall(filter *libseccomp.ScmpFilter, call *configs.Syscall) error {
+func matchCall(filter *libseccomp.ScmpFilter, call *configs.Syscall, defAct libseccomp.ScmpAction) error {
 	if call == nil || filter == nil {
 		return errors.New("cannot use nil as syscall to block")
 	}
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ func matchCall(filter *libseccomp.ScmpFilter, call *configs.Syscall) error {
 		return errors.New("empty string is not a valid syscall")
 	}
 
+	// Convert the call's action to the libseccomp equivalent
+	callAct, err := getAction(call.Action, call.ErrnoRet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("action in seccomp profile is invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+	if callAct == defAct {
+		// This rule is redundant, silently skip it
+		// to avoid error from AddRule.
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// If we can't resolve the syscall, assume it's not supported on this kernel
 	// Ignore it, don't error out
 	callNum, err := libseccomp.GetSyscallFromName(call.Name)
@@ -158,12 +169,6 @@ func matchCall(filter *libseccomp.ScmpFilter, call *configs.Syscall) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Convert the call's action to the libseccomp equivalent
-	callAct, err := getAction(call.Action, call.ErrnoRet)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("action in seccomp profile is invalid: %s", err)
-	}
-
 	// Unconditional match - just add the rule
 	if len(call.Args) == 0 {
 		if err := filter.AddRule(callNum, callAct); err != nil {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 90ce9e1e8df..e47b44c10e2 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest
 # github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1 => github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1
-# github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1 => github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1
+# github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2 => github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2
 ## explicit
 github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer
 github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/apparmor
@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/yaml
 # github.com/onsi/gomega => github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1
 # github.com/opencontainers/go-digest => github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 # github.com/opencontainers/image-spec => github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
-# github.com/opencontainers/runc => github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.1
+# github.com/opencontainers/runc => github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2
 # github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec => github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417
 # github.com/opencontainers/selinux => github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2
 # github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go => github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0